The Lebanon-Syria border has been mostly quiet for the past month after a brief incursion by Syria’s government, the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al- Sham (HTS), in early February. Now there is renewed fighting in the exact same area after HTS carried out overnight shelling against the village of al-Qasr, on the Lebanon side of the border.

The new fighting centers around the death of three HTS members on Saturday. They were allegedly kidnapped by Hezbollah, brought to al- Qasr, and summarily executed. Hezbollah has denied all involvement, and there are alternative allegations that the clans involved in the early February fighting may have been the ones who did it.

The shelling against al-Qasr caused damage, and led a number of villagers to flee further from the border, toward the larger town of Hermel. The Lebanese Army reported they returned fire a

Poster Comment:

HTS IS CRAZY. tHAT CANNOT DEFEAT A DISCIPLINED FORCE LIKE hEZBOLLAH.